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Canadian Junior Short Track Championship wraps up today in Calgary

Canadian Junior Short Track Championship wraps up today in CalgaryShmyr, from B.C., is the women's overall points champion and Quebec's Gauthier is the men's winner

CALGARY (Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011) – The Canadian Junior Championship for short track wrapped to today at the Olympic Oval in Calgary after two days of competition. The Alberta Amateur Speed Skating Association (AASSA) hosted the event for the first time, on behalf of Speed Skating Canada (SSC).

The championship featured the 500-metre and 1,500-metre distances on Saturday, and the 1,000-metre and 1,500-metre races today.

The Canadian Junior Championship serves as the selection competition for the 2012 World Junior Championship being held in Melbourne, Australia from Feb. 24-26. Canada will send a team of four women and four men. Final ranking will be based on the total points from all four races. One of the spots has been reserved for Quebec City’s Alexandre St. Jean. He has been pre-selected for the world junior squad from his fall World Cup selections results.

The Canadian Junior Championship was made possible through the support of SSC, AASSA, Intact, Apogée, HBC, The Co-Op, Alberta Sport, Recreation, Park and Wildlife Foundation, Calgary Speed Skating Association and the Olympic Oval.

The top four skaters in each race and overall are as follows. For complete and official results, visit SSC’s results and rankings page. (First – 1,000 points; Second – 816; Third – 666; Fourth – 543)